Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Jean-Jacques Annaud Stars:Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, B D Wong, Mako, Danny Denzongpa, Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchik, Lhakpa Tsamchoe, Jetsun Pema, Victor Wong Running Time:136 minutes.The film begins in 1939, when Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer (Brad Pitt) set out on an expedition to climb Nanga Parbat, an inaccessible peak in the Himalayas. The expedition was a failure, …
SET IT OFF
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: F Gary Gray Stars: Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A Fox, Kimberly Elise, John C. McGinley Running Time: 120 minutes.It's unusual to find a tough, contemporary crime thriller in which the main protagonists are Afro-American women, which is probably why local film distributors have not known how to handle or effectively market Set It Off. This surprisingly moral, yet …
SMILLA’S SENSE OF SNOW
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Billie August Stars: Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, Robert Loggia, Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Bob Peck, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi, Emma Croft, Tom Wilkinson, Mario Adorf, Jurgen Vogel Running Time: 121 minutes.Fans of Danish author Peter Hoeg's acclaimed novel Miss Smilla's Feeling For Snow may be a little disappointed by this workmanlike screen adaptation, which …
SLING BLADE
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Billy Bob Thornton Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday, J T Walsh, Robert Duvall, James Hampton, Rick Dial, Jim Jarmusch, Christy Ward Running Time: 135 minutes.Actor/writer Billy Bob Thornton's screenplays for the tense and violent thriller One False Move and the wonderful but largely ignored drama A Family Thing …
SHOPPING – interview with Paul W S Anderson
by GREG KING "My aim has always been to make a movie that would kick some arse in this country," says filmmaker Paul W S Anderson.Anderson is a young, new wave director from Britain, a filmmaker in a hurry who, after just one film seems poise to take Hollywood by storm. With his striking and distinctive debut film Shopping just released in Melbourne, it seemed like a good time to talk to him about his …
